Transmission-band inserter



0. 1.. STEENSLAND TRANSMISSION BAND INSERTER Dec. 7 1926.

Filed May 20, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gwmm away/ M 5M Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSMONID I. STEENSLAND, OF LAKE ANDES, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TRANSMISSION -LBAN D IN SER'IER.

Application filed May 20, 1926. Serial No. 110,524.

My invention has to do with the replaceband, 18- the lining, and 19 the fixed ear. ment of Ford transmission bands which An ear similar to the ear, 19, is secured to have been removed for relining, and the the other end of the band by means of studs, object of my invention is to provide a de- 20, which are engaged in slots in the ear,

vice to facilitate the replacing of the old (not illustrated). A slot, 21, in the end 60 style transmission bands with bands of the of the band is provided to facilitate removal new style, having removable ears, without of the ear from engagement with the band. removing the hogshead or the upper portion Although the bands and the transmission of the transmission casing. drums are of greater width than the old With these and other objects in View, style, bands similar to the new style are 65 my invention consists in the construction, provided for the old style automobiles and arrangement and combination of the variare inserted in practically the same manous parts of my device, whereby the objects ner, it being only necessary to shorten the contemplated are attained, as hereinafter shaft, 14, for this purpose. The oldv bands more fully set forth, pointed out in my may be removed by severing-one of the cars 70 claims, and illustrated in the accompanying from the end of the band, and thus, as in drawings, in which: the new style of automobile, the bands re- Fig. 1 is a sectional view through the moved and replaced without removing the transmission casing of a Ford automobile, hogshead.

showing in elevation the middle transmis- However, in replacing bands in the old ?5 sion drum, and illustrating the method of make of car, and in some instances in reinscrting my tool preparatory to inserting placing the bands in the new style vehicle, the transmission band. there is a tendency for the band to become Fig. 2 is a similar sectional view illuslodged against the casing at substantially trating the insertion of the transmission the point, A, indicated in Fig. 2. This is band itself. probably due to the studs, 20, catching Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tool, against some proj'ction on the casing, such and as the joint between the hogshead and the Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the lower casing member. The bands, being 30 connection of the spring and cable of the normally of somewhat larger diameter than tool. the drums, it can readily be seen that this In Fig. 2 I have shown a cross section is likely to happen, since they will not fit through the type of transmission housing snugly against the drums as they are pushed mentioned above, in which the lower half of into place.

the housing is shown at 10, and the upper I have therefore devised a tool which half or hogshead at 11. The central transutilizes the slot, 21, as a means of connectmission drum is indicated at 12. The hogsing to the band and with which the band head, 11, has the box-shaped portion, 13, may be inserted very quickly with no difwhich is provided with an opening, 14, at ficulty.

40 its top to allow access to the transmission The tool is shown in Fig. 3, and comdrums and bands. prises a thin, flat coil spring, 22, having a The transmission bands, when inserted loop, 23, at one end and a loop, 24, at the around the drum, 12, are provided with a other end, adjacent which is the slot, 25.

pair of cars which extend upwardly between Through the slot, 25, is threaded the end the clutch pedal shaft, 15, and the adjustof a cable, 26, which is secured back upon ing screw, 16. itself, as at 27. The cable may be of strand- Formerly it was necessary to remove the ed wire or stranded fabric, or a flat tape hogshead, 11, in order to allow removal of as shown, or it may be a chain or flexible the bands for relining since the ears at the wire having sufiicient tensile strength to 50 ends of the bands would not pass through withstand the strain to which it is subjected. the space between the hogshead and trans At the free end of the cable, 26, is semission drum. cured a hook, 28, which, in the present In the present style of manufacture the drawing, is shown as being made of a flat transmission bands are constructed as shown piece of metal and having a hooked end in Fig. 2, in which 17 indicates the steel sutficiently wide to enter the slot, 21.

The coil spring, 22, has a normal diameter somewhat less than that at the tr'ansniission drumand'ha's a circumference substantiallythe same. Consequently in its normal position the ends ot' the'coi-l spring; will overlap,- as shown in Fig. 3. In using the tool spring is inserted between the drum and the hogshead, as shown in Fig. 1, and by a slight pre:sure the spring may be caused to slip atoundthe druin, as illustrated. Due to thejcurvatiire ot'the spring, the end thereof will constantly engage the drum, as in dicated in'Fig. 1 and thus there will be no possibility of its becoming engaged against an obstruction on the inner surface of the transmission casing. The rounded loop, 23, turther aids inpreventing' any possibility of tlfi'efsp'riiigbeing caught.

The' sprin'g may be pushed to a position wherethe tree end thereof may be grasped by the liaud'and pulled on around until only the'cable remains in thetransinission' casing. It might appear that the cable might be dis" ensedwi'thand sini l a orin of greatb cfi e'rlngth than illustrated used in its place. I have'found, however, that'the'pre'j'sure to which the spring will be subjected in pulling the transmission band into place will so stretch it from its natural position, and so straighten it that it will no longer satisfac torily transverse the space between the drum and the hogshead as'readily as it should. Where the cable is used I find that'the ordinary mechanic will'not grasp the spring in order to pull upon the cable, but will take the free end ofth'e coil" hold of the cable itself and pull the transmission hand through? Furtherinore,'l find that perfectly 'tractable cable as illustrated will at all times keep theend of tlIS tIaHSIElSS lOD band to which it is attached, pulled tight against the drum, soas'topreveiitthe band catching against the casing. (See Fig. 2.)

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of iny'invention without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my modified forms of structure or use of mecha'nical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

1 claim as my invention! 1. A transmission band inserter "for an automobile having a transmission dru a, comprising a'co'i'l spring of normal curvature' less than the curvature of said drum, and tractable cable secured to one end 0t said spring,1the other end otsa'id cable'being provided with means to engage a slot in theend ot'a ransmission band;

.2; A transmission band inserter for an automobile having a transmission drinn, comprising a coil spring, and a tractable cable secured to one end of said spring, the otherend' of said cable being provided with means to engage a slot in the end oi: a transmission band.

Signed at Lake Andes, in the county of Charles Mix andState of South Dakota this 13th day of May, 1926.

OSMOND L. SllEENSLAND.

intention to cover by my claims any 

